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By Chance or Appointment - 11. Shall We Dance?

The began as an exercise in couplets. This is an object lesson in where such things can lead. As always, any errors are all mine.

If I could dance a sarabande,

perhaps we’d measure, hand to hand,

our paces on the gleaming floor

together, confident and sure;

 

If I could mark the minuet,

I’d bolder be, try not to fret,

but fix my eyes upon your own

while yet my heart beats, overthrown;

 

If I could tread a bright courant,

appearing suave and nonchalant,

perhaps you’d fathom my disguise

and my dissembling not despise,

 

for if my blood trips in gavotte,

then smile at me the way you ought

and then, retiring from the ball,

may we together homeward crawl.



Many thanks to any and all who choose to read these lines. I appreciate your comments and reactions.
Copyright © 2022 Parker Owens; All Rights Reserved.
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2 minutes ago, weinerdog said:

I never thought would see these words used so effectively in this kind of writing 

I'm guessing you know this but the sarabande was once banned in Spain for being too "obscene "

And now it's a quaint dance that occasionally make an appearance at early music festivals and orchestral arrangements.

 

 

 

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11 minutes ago, Backwoods Boy said:

I dearly love this!  It nearly gave me a rhyme-and-rhythm orgasm.  A theme, a list of dances, and I bet hours with a thesaurus and rhyming tool, perhaps.  Thanks for the bright uplift to the day :) 

My ink-stained fingers testify to the many jotted rhymes from which these were selected.  Thank you for reading this, and especially for your kind and delightful response.

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45 minutes ago, Dan South said:

Yes yes to a follow-up! We’ve just started dancing in the kitchen while supper simmers. This I can do! Ah Parker…

You move me every time. Thank you friend ❤️

I’m very glad this little quartet moved you.  The image of a stately galliarde around the kitchen island makes me smile. Thank you!

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2 minutes ago, Parker Owens said:

I’m very glad this little quartet moved you.  The image of a stately galliarde around the kitchen island makes me smile. Thank you!

We’re entirely Texas two-step with the threat of being thrown down the basement stairs but hold your image. It’s sweeter.😂 Doesn’t change how you and your words touch me and I wouldn’t likely throw him down the stairs as often as he’s contemplated pushing me ❤️Give. Take. Live. Love

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46 minutes ago, Dan South said:

We’re entirely Texas two-step with the threat of being thrown down the basement stairs but hold your image. It’s sweeter.😂 Doesn’t change how you and your words touch me and I wouldn’t likely throw him down the stairs as often as he’s contemplated pushing me ❤️Give. Take. Live. Love

Guess I over shared again . ..

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11 hours ago, Dan South said:

We’re entirely Texas two-step with the threat of being thrown down the basement stairs but hold your image. It’s sweeter.😂 Doesn’t change how you and your words touch me and I wouldn’t likely throw him down the stairs as often as he’s contemplated pushing me ❤️Give. Take. Live. Love

There’s another excellent reason to keep the door to the basement firmly closed. I’m afraid my Texas two-step would embarrass the entire state. But in the give and take of life and love, perhaps it might be forgiven. 

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6 hours ago, northie said:

A slow, graceful sarabande is one of my favourite dance rhythms. Playing one immediately gets me into that particular eighteenth-century headspace. Reading your lovely, funny, touching invocations of various dances does just the same. Only with words, not music. Bravo.

I originally chose the sarabande because I liked the sound of the word as it rolled off my tongue. Then, after listening to several, both the rhythm and the poem grew. I’m glad this poem reached into your head and lightened your heart. 

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